bobbysketch

blood-thirsty, he feels a rage crawling up his spine,
approaching his brain at the speed of light.

tickling the neurons that were half dead from the sm_ke,
waking slow, tired, stiff before the jolt.

It sounds like someone is trying to pick a fight.
What he wouldn’t do to get out of this place

att_empted progression is a frustratioN,
rRegression is causing ill-icit anticipation

How much longer do I put up with this mockery,
How much farther to I get pushed before I fall

Off the cliff, off the ledge, off the edge
of the universe,
my insolent attitude is becoming perverse

provoked by a demon from the depths of hell
he will crawl out of this desolate shell

and emancipate the weak, the burdened and the abused
to put this all to rest so that only one will lose

only one

only one…

Before you criticize “Western Culture” or “Liberal” society, think about the things that are going on in the countries you have left behind. Where innocent people are being murdered and persecuted for their beliefs. Think about all of the freedoms you have here that you would NEVER have in Pakistan, Iran, China and so many other countries in today’s world.

You have the freedom to practice what you believe, to say what is on your mind (yes, you have that right here in America, and so do I), be friends with who you want to, live your life the way you want to. Please don’t take these freedoms for granted. Yes, you have the right to criticize your own government, but don’t do it at the expense of patriotism. Be thankful for the tolerance in the society that we live in.

Before you scold your children for being “Americanized”, know that the American Dream is why you are here. Know that this Americanization in itself comes with the blessings of independence as well as the realities of independent culture. You want to be able to enforce your conservative beliefs while at the same time practicing your freedoms. Yes, America will allow you to do this, but please don’t condemn others for wanting to practice their liberal beliefs. They have the same freedoms that you do.

I see too many immigrants take refuge in America and then have the audacity to talk trash about this wonderful country instead of giving back and contributing to its success. We cannot withstand any more leeching. It’s hurting us in more ways than one. This country was built by immigrants who were devoted to giving as much of themselves to this country as possible. All they wanted in exchange was their freedom. I encourage today’s immigrants to do the same.

With only a few episodes remaining before the series comes to an end, I thought I’d share some of my thoughts on what’s going on, present some questions that I’m afraid they won’t answer and just generally discuss what has been the most entertaining series I have ever seen on Television.

All of us are wondering and hoping that we didn’t make a mistake by investing the time and energy into LOST that we have. As the series winds down, my doubts only increase. There are so many questions left to be answered and so little time to answer them. Here’s a quick list of questions I hope they don’t overlook:

1. Why can’t women on the Island give birth?
2. Does the Island have a name? Does Smokey have a name?
3. How does the Dharma initiative tie into all of this battle between gods stuff?
4. “Jacob has a thing for numbers.” I hope there’s more to “the numbers” than that
5. Will we ever see Walt again?

Theories!

I have a couple of theories on what’s going to happen in the next few episodes as the series concludes.

Theory #1: Reincarnation: Lost souls being found

“I’ll see you in another life, brotha.” – Desmond Hume

Here, the assumption is that everyone on the Island is indeed dead (they died as Oceanic 815 crashed) and the Island itself is a place full of souls & spirits, some of which can be seen. As Jacob mentioned, the Island is what is keeping these spirits from escaping and causing havoc in the real (sideways?) world. The only thing is, all of the characters we see on the Island are actually those spirits too. As Fake Locke’s plan advances to release the spirits into the real/sideways world, the castaways souls are traveling to their reincarnated bodies in the alt/sideways world. That’s how/why they are becoming enlightened with their memories from the Island. I’m very interested in seeing how the souls from the Island merge with the bodies from the sideways world. The only soul that won’t escape the Island is that of Jack. He’s going to take Jacob’s place. This may be why he hasn’t had any flashes of Island life at all in the sideways world.

Theory #2: You’re all going to die

Everyone on the Island will die at the hands of Widmore (who is in cahoots with Smokey – loophole, baby!) and the Island will sink (as we saw in LA X). As this happens, the alt/sideways characters will have become enlightened with their Island memories – which we already see happening. The castaways will live happily ever after in the sideways world and we’ll all be really upset that the Island never really meant anything.

Things I wish happened in “The Last Recruit”

1. If only Claire would have pulled the trigger on Kate. I would have loved that oh so much.

2. Jin & Sun’s reunion cut short by a sudden zap of sonic fence-ness. Yeah, I’m a sicko.

The real questions that we will all have to answer once the series ends on May 23 is: did we get what we wanted from LOST? I have a feeling that we won’t be disappointed. But then again, what do I know.

Awesome brunch. Loved the potatoes. Wasn’t crazy about the coffee. Cool concept – you stand in line, order and then they seat you and bring you your food.

33 Carmie St. Btw Bleecker and Bedford in the West Village.